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Why Is Rudy Canoza So Stupid And Such A Liar, While Conflating UNemployment with EMployment

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AlleyCat:
Many people believe that unemployment claims correlate to employment. I believe nothing could be further from the truth. There are 
too MANY aspects of the unemployment numbers, like those who don't even try to get a job. What other aspects to unemployment 
numbers vis-a-vis employment are there? 

YOU ARE CORRECT; a simple look at the official unemployment rate doesn't capture the full picture of the labor market. THE NUMBER 
OF PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS IS AN EVEN NARROWER METRIC.

Economists and analysts look at several other factors to get a more accurate understanding of the economy. Here are some of the key 
aspects that influence and nuance the unemployment numbers:

1. The Labor Force Participation Rate

This is a critical measure that your point about people who don't even try to get a job touches on. The labor force participation 
rate is the percentage of the working-age population that is either employed or actively looking for a job.

How it Works: If a significant number of people stop looking for work, they are no longer counted as part of the labor force and, 
therefore, are not counted as unemployed.

The Nuance: This can cause the unemployment rate to fall, even if no new jobs have been created. A declining labor force 
participation rate can signal that many potential workers are discouraged and have left the job market entirely, which is a sign of 
a weak economy, not a strong one.

2. The Discouraged Worker Effect

This is a specific group that the official unemployment rate (U-3) does not count.

What it Is: A discouraged worker is a person who is not currently looking for a job because they believe no jobs are available for 
them or that they would be viewed as unqualified.

The Nuance: These individuals are not counted in the official unemployment rate because they are not "actively seeking" work. This 
can lead to a deceptively low unemployment rate, as the number of people who want a job but can't find one is higher than the 
official figure suggests.

3. Underemployment

Underemployment refers to individuals who are working but whose employment does not fully utilize their skills, education, or 
availability.

What it Is: This includes people who are working part-time but want to work full-time, or people who are working in a job for which 
they are significantly overqualified (e.g., a software engineer working as a retail cashier).

The Nuance: These individuals are counted as "employed, "which lowers the unemployment rate. However, they are not contributing to 
the economy at their full potential and may be struggling financially, which is not reflected in the top-line unemployment numbers.

4. Different Unemployment Rates (U-3 vs. U-6)

The official unemployment rate, known as the U-3 rate, is the most commonly cited figure. However, the Bureau of Labor Statistics 
(BLS) calculates several other measures.

U-3 Rate: This is the most narrow measure. It includes only those who are unemployed and have actively looked for work in the prior 
four weeks.

U-6 Rate: This is a broader measure that many economists consider a more accurate reflection of the labor market's health. It 
includes the U-3 unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers (including discouraged workers), plus those who are working part-
time for economic reasons but would prefer full-time employment.

A high U-3 rate might be a concern, but a low U-3 rate with a significantly higher U-6 rate could signal that many people are 
underemployed or have given up looking for work entirely.



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"Trump Derangement Syndrome" Is a Real Mental Condition

All you need to know about "Trump Derangement Syndrome," or TDS.

"Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) is a mental condition in which a person has been driven effectively insane due to their dislike 
of Donald Trump, to the point at which they will abandon all logic and reason."

Justin Raimondo, the editorial director of Antiwar.com, wrote a piece in the Los Angeles Times in 2016 that broke TDS down into 
three distinct phases or stages:

"In the first stage of the disease, victims lose all sense of proportion. The president-elect's every tweet provokes a firestorm, 
as if 140 characters were all it took to change the world."

"The mid-level stages of TDS have a profound effect on the victim's vocabulary: Sufferers speak a distinctive language consisting 
solely of hyperbole."

"As TDS progresses, the afflicted lose the ability to distinguish fantasy from reality."

The Point here is simple: TDS is, in the eyes of its adherents, the knee-jerk opposition from liberals to anything and everything 
Trump does. If Trump announced he was donating every dollar he's ever made, TDS sufferers would suggest he was up to something 
nefarious, according to the logic of TDS. There's nothing - not. one. thing. - that Trump could do or say that would be received 
positively by TDSers.

The history of Trump Derangement Syndrome actually goes back to the early 2000s - a time when the idea of Trump as president was a 
punch line for late-night comics and nothing more.

Wikipedia traces its roots to "Bush Derangement Syndrome" - a term first coined by the late conservative columnist Charles 
Krauthammer back in 2003. The condition, as Krauthammer defined it, was "the acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal people in 
reaction to the policies, the presidency - nay - the very existence of George W. Bush."